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'y v G.'FOSS coNTAI'NER Filed Nov. 30, 1937 ATTORNEY Patentedvjlanll', 1940 y l ll o i' i' UNI-TED; sTnTlrs-i PATENT- CONTAINER "Y p 1 Fred G. Foss, Hillside, N. J., assignor to American Can Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation 4 vof New Jersey y l Application-November so, waneer-iaim5177354*. 2 claims (ol. 2x1- 62j Ihepresent-invention relates to containers or Walls arel strengthened by a strucko'ut-'beadv .I8f1 cans for packaging powdered or granular prod- Which extends entirely around thecan body. uots andthe like and has for an object the The upper end lof the can; is provided with a provision'of an improved cover which when in slip cover 2l having a Het t0n Wall 22 Which .5 place on the. can prevents buckling of the can merges into aperipheral bead 23. `'Ille bead 5 side; walls and prevents sifting of the contents Curves over the, top of the terminal edge Il of through the opening thereby produced when the the upper POrtlOn .0f the body rim I6 forming can is grasped for dispensing its contents. a clearance` enanriel 24 for this edge when the Cans having-.slip Covers r the like and' of the COVSI S On the Can. The bead'imelges ntO 2.

110 character ordinarily rused for talcum powder, depending `Harige y25 Which eXtendS dOWn adja- 10 condiments, spices, etc., are frequently made rec- Cent the nat outside Surfaces of the body rim I6 tangular inshape and thus include long flat side ELnd ln tight frCtlOnal engagement therewith.

walls which due to excess tightness of cover t The top 0f the COVer iS preferably Provided sometimes are leasily crushed in under a side With a grOllp 0f Sifter Openings 25 Which are Sed l pressure applied on the walls in handling tne 'or dispensing `the oan vContents when the een 15 dans; Such Caps are usually provided with a body is gripped on its iiat side walls and turned strengthening bead in the upper purl; of the body into an inverted position.. The sifter openings but even this bead at times does not prevent are 13T efelably COHVBTed When 110i? in 115e by a Slide distortion of the can walls under pressure. Such 2l Which l5 1 @lamell- 0n the COVel l)y a Pluralllly 2o distortion'brealrs the tight iriotiona1 nt of the of loes 28 struck np out of the Cover top Wall 22- 2o Cover upon the body and thus permits the can During dispensing of the can contents through Contents to escapo 4 the sifter openings26 the can is most convenient- The .present .invention contemplates the prely gripped onv the long at side walls I3 of the yvolition of this result by the provision in the bocly Therefore ll'ls usually these Walls Wl'llCll 25 can cover of opposed indentations at the center are Cllsloflel loy lll? Slle .pressure lllleleOllf such 25. of long Sides are for the purpose of dStOItOn Of the Walls Would Ordinarily result supporting the straight upper edges of the fiat in an inward movement of the body rirn I6 awayv sides of the body so that, they Cannot buckle from the cover flange 25 and its edge Il would inwardly when a side pressure is applied thereto mOVe inte the Cleala'nGe Channel 24 0f the bead during handling of the can. 23 thus forminga space or opening vat'the cover 30 Numerous other 'objects and advantages of the flange Which WOlllol permit the undesirableesape invention will be apparent as it is better under- 0f the Can COneril'fS'.

stood from the following description, which, taken To prevent such distortion of the can side in connection with the accompanying drawing, walls I3 when pressure is applied thereto the discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.` cover bead 23 at the center of eachof its long 35 yReferring to the drawing:l sides is formed with any indentation 3|. These Figure 1 is a perspective View of a container two indentations provide a pair of protuberances having a slip cover embodying the instant invenp e2 wnicn extend adjacent the 'inside surface tion; and of the body rim le, the terminal edge u of which 40 F1g- 2 1S all enlarged trallS'VelSe Seclflon 0f the engages the outer wall of each protuberance on 40 upperpportion of the contalner and the cover, each Side as shown in Fig 2 and thereby com .tlle'vleW belng 'talfen Substalntlally along a' plane fines the rim against inward movement in these mdlcaled by the llnes 22 m Flg' l' places. The inwardly'turned rim edge. I1 per- AS a p refelred embodlment .of the mventmn mits easy insertion of the body friction wall I6 the drawing discloses a can having a rectangular nsd f .th u 25 d t th t. 45 body ll `formed with short nat end walls l2 and e 0 e -coer Wa an a. e Same ne longer flat side Walls I3. The lower end of the lock? me long Side Walls against distortion when can is provided with a bottom la which is sea grlllpmg pressure 1S apllled llleretocured to the body in any'suitable manner as by Il 1S thought that the ull/@muon and many of a Seam |5 y its attendant advantages w1l1 be understood from 50 At their upper ends the Side Walls l2 |3 of the foregoing description, and it will be apparent tnelccdy arel formed as a straight marginal that various Changes may be made inthe form. portion or friction rim I6 which terminates in Construction and arrangement 0f the parts Withan upper 'edge I'l which is slightly turned or out departing from the spirit and scope of the flared inwardly. Just below this rim I6 the body invention or sacrcing all of its material ad- 66 vantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim:

l1. A container for granular products and the like, comprising a body having a friction rim adjacent its mouth, a cover having a peripheral bead terminating in a depending flange adapted to frictionally fit over said friction rim when the cover is on the body, saidlcover bead having indented portions at oppositely spaced areas thereof to provide protuberances spaced inwardly from said friction rim and extending down adjacent the inside surface of the body friction rim conning the rim between them and the ange of the cover, said protuberances supporting the rim of the body against disengagement from said cover ange thereby maintaining the tightness of said joint and preventing the escape of the container contents therethrough when a gripping pressure is applied to the container body during handling.

2. A container for granular products and the like, comprising a body having end walls and at side walls terminating in a friction rim adjacent its mouth, a cover having a peripheral bead terminating in a depending flange adapted to rictionally t over said friction rim when the cover is on the body, and indentations located on said cover bead intermedite the length of the fiat side walls of said body to provide protuberances spaced inwardly from said friction rim and eX- tending down adjacent the inside surface of the body friction rim section of said flat side walls conning this section of the rim between them and the flange of the cover, said protuberances supporting the flat side walls of the body against disengagement from said cover ange thereby maintaining the tightness of said joint and preventing the escape of the container contents therethrough when a gripping pressure is applied to the container body during handling.

FRED G. FOSS. 

